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Montana man with controversial past to serve as 'volunteer paralegal' for Ryan Bundy
Oregon standoff defendant Ryan Bundy is getting more help with his defense.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown allowed Montana resident Roger L. Roots, a convicted felon, to serve as a volunteer paralegal for Bundy and his standby counsel.
Roots, a Libertarian candidate for Montana's secretary of state who is allowed to practice law in Rhode Island, has a controversial past.
Two years ago, he told Montana's Sidney Herald that he was turning away from a youth filled with racism and anti-Semitism to be a champion for individual liberties.
Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/08/montana_man_roger_roots_to_ser.html